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Portland Road, LONDON, SE25 4PJ

From Stanger Road towards Portland Road.

The Express Dairy Company premises towards the right are now (and have been for years) a private dwelling which simply retains the old shopfront. Taken from the petrol station forecourt.

Portland Road is not an affluent area by a long way, and that seems to have meant that a lot of the shops in it were never subjected to expensive, trendy makeovers. Launderettes, as a type, seem particularly prone to lasting in their original form, presumably because if you have no washing machine you need to get your clothes washed somewhere whatever, and aren't swayed into impulse visits by trendy marketing. This establishment lasted well into the 21st century with its pre-1971, pre-decimal coinage signage unchanged - this photograph was taken in summer 2005 - but underwent a makeover a couple of years later and then closed not long after, in what I tend to see as a just punishment for robbing us of this historic frontage. See also Image, Image, Image and Image For a similar tin advertising sign see Image; the sign here was removed at some point before spring 2015.

Portland Road is not an affluent area by a long way, and that seems to have meant that a lot of the shops in it were never subjected to expensive, trendy makeovers. Launderettes, as a type, seem particularly prone to lasting in their original form, presumably because if you have no washing machine you need to get your clothes washed somewhere whatever, and aren't swayed into impulse visits by trendy marketing. This establishment lasted well into the 21st century with its pre-1971, pre-decimal coinage signage unchanged - this photograph was taken in summer 2005 - but underwent a makeover a couple of years later and then closed not long after, in what I tend to see as a just punishment for robbing us of this historic frontage. See also Image, Image, Image and Image

Portland Road is not an affluent area by a long way, and that seems to have meant that a lot of the shops in it were never subjected to expensive, trendy makeovers. Launderettes, as a type, seem particularly prone to lasting in their original form, presumably because if you have no washing machine you need to get your clothes washed somewhere whatever, and aren't swayed into impulse visits by trendy marketing. This establishment lasted well into the 21st century with its pre-1971, pre-decimal coinage signage unchanged - this photograph was taken in summer 2005 - but underwent a makeover a couple of years later and then closed not long after, in what I tend to see as a just punishment for robbing us of this historic frontage. See also Image, Image, Image and Image For a similar tin advertising sign see Image; the one seen here was removed at some time before spring 2015.

Portland Road is not an affluent area by a long way, and that seems to have meant that a lot of the shops in it were never subjected to expensive, trendy makeovers. Launderettes, as a type, seem particularly prone to lasting in their original form, presumably because if you have no washing machine you need to get your clothes washed somewhere whatever, and aren't swayed into impulse visits by trendy marketing. This establishment lasted well into the 21st century with its pre-1971, pre-decimal coinage signage unchanged - this photograph was taken in summer 2005 - but underwent a makeover a couple of years later and then closed not long after, in what I tend to see as a just punishment for robbing us of this historic frontage. See also Image, Image, Image and Image

Portland Road is not an affluent area by a long way, and that seems to have meant that a lot of the shops in it were never subjected to expensive, trendy makeovers. Launderettes, as a type, seem particularly prone to lasting in their original form, presumably because if you have no washing machine you need to get your clothes washed somewhere whatever, and aren't swayed into impulse visits by trendy marketing. This establishment lasted well into the 21st century with its pre-1971, pre-decimal coinage signage unchanged - this photograph was taken in summer 2005 - but underwent a makeover a couple of years later and then closed not long after, in what I tend to see as a just punishment for robbing us of this historic frontage. See also Image, Image, Image and Image

Harrington Road is a residential road in South Norwood, in the outer suburbs of south London.

Looking towards Portland Road.